608 search results for “politics geschiedenis” in the Student website
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Pac-Man politics: eating the rule of law bit by bit
Our constitutional democracy is under pressure. Politicians are increasingly bending rules and institutions to their will, often in small steps. PhD candidate Jorieke Manenschijn warns that through a combination of subtle changes we can cross a line without realising it.
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Toon KerkhoffFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jay HuangFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Anna NotsuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tin KapetanovicFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Madeleine HosliFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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'The show must go on, but making politics less tedious is an almost effortless job these days!'
After almost a year of working from home during this Covid pandemic, Scientific Director Paul Nieuwenburg conveys how the Institute of Political Science is sailing through waves and lockdowns: from transformation to bi location to 'non location', from teaching on the beach to teaching to 'black cubes'…
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Ruben Verheul
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards”
The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues causing concern today. Is the EU capable of defending democratic values within the Union and beyond its borders? In an interview from the Lithuanian…
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Protecting Democracy in Europe: Tom Theuns Presents His New Book at the European Parliament
On 10 December 2024, the European Parliament played host to an insightful presentation of ‘Protecting Democracy in Europe: Pluralism, Autocracy, and the Future of the EU’, the new book by Tom Theuns, Assistant Professor at Leiden University. Hosted by MEP Thijs Reuten (PvdA/S&D) and his team, the event…
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Transforming Society: 'Oligarchic Rivalry: US–China Tariffs and the Global Politics of Inequality'
In a new Transforming Society article, Salvador Santino Regilme, Associate Professor and Chair of the International Relations Program at Leiden University, critiques the Trump administration’s US–China tariff war as a covert instrument of domestic class warfare.
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Leiden researchers explain shock PVV victory
Geert Wilders and his PVV party have won the 2023 elections. What was the deciding factor for this victory?
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
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Aleena Karim
Faculty of Humanities
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Janet ConnorFaculty of Humanities
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Benjamin Kester
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eleftherios KarchimakisFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Alexandros Ntaflos
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Joshua Musumi Chibuyi
Faculty of Humanities
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Maximilian Wachter
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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‘Vastgelopen formatie te wijten aan afrekencultuur'
Expert in public affairs and politics Arco Timmermans advised the informer Kim Putters.
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…
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system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award
This September, Adina Akbik received the Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Master's Programme Committees (OLC), the award recognises remarkable teaching at the Institute. Akbik was chosen from five finalists after receiving several…
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Eline Joor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sandra MeddelerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Debbie Tromper
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Pawan Kumar SenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nathalie van DoorenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nynke Heegstra
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Daniëlle Lovink
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ian Lau
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marjan RijnjaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Veerle WarndersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Henk DekkerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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PE_PP talk: The political cost of tax reform
Lecture
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Natasha WoodFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Emma KorpershoekFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Mira Burmeister-Rudolph
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Just to be sure... At any cost?
Security seems to most people a basic necessity of life, a prerequisite for a good life. But if you think about it a little longer and deeper, as political philosopher Josette Daemen has done, you realise that security sometimes comes at the expense of other important goods, such as freedom and equality.…
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Solving the Pachakutik party puzzle
The Ecuadorian Pachakutik party is one of the oldest indigenous political movements in Latin America. Despite not being very successful at the polls and hardly having organisational resources at its disposal, Pachakutik is still part of Ecuador’s political landscape. In her dissertation, Political Scientist…
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks'
Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently, the outlines were not negotiated for very long, which has its advantages and disadvantages. 'Over the next few weeks, we are mainly going to see the…
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Casper Wits in POLITICO on the EU's China Policy
University lecturer Casper Wits wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the European Union and China for POLITICO. In this article, he argues that 'rather than shrinking from the fight, the EU must develop a China policy that prioritizes progressive values and human rights.…